SAKATA T�J�R� (original) (raw)
SAKATA T�J�R�
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| FOUR GENERATIONS | |
| Sakata T�j�r� I | |
| | The actor Sakata T�j�r� I held this name from his childhood to the 11th lunar month of 1709. | |
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| Sakata T�j�r� I in the hy�banki "Ogakuzu" (1699) | |
| Sakata T�j�r� II Sakata T�j�r� II 
| Sakata Ch�zaemon | Kuwana Ch�zaemon |
| | Born in Kamigata in 1669. He started as a disciple of Sakata T�j�r� I and performed as a tachiyaku actor in miyaji shibai or inaka shibai in the Ky�to/Nara area. His first stage names were Kuwana Ch�zaemon and Sakata Ch�zaemon. He took the name of Sakata T�j�r� II in the 1st lunar month of 1711 in Ky�to, playing in the new year drama "Keisei Nidai Otoko". He most likely retired from �shibai around 1714 and died the 27th day of the 9th lunar month of 1724 [1]. This actor, who was nicknamed Fushimi T�j�r� (because he was from the district of Fushimi in Ky�to), was far inferior to his master the great Sakata T�j�r� I. He was the adoptive father of Sakata T�j�r� III and the master of Sakata Hangor� I. He might also have been the adoptive father of Sakata Ichitar� [2]. Haimy� Yag� Sharen Kuwanaya | |
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| Shinomiya Heihachi II (left) and Sakata T�j�r� II (right) playing the roles of Oen and �inosuke in the kaomise drama "Toshitokujin Midoribune", which was staged in Ky�to at Ebisuya Hatsuday�'s theater in the 1st lunar month of 1714 | |
| Sakata T�j�r� III | |
| | The actor Sakata T�j�r� III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1739 to the 8th lunar month of 1774. | |
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| Sakata T�j�r� III playing the role of Danj� Saemon in Namiki Sh�z� I's kaomise drama "Genpei Ts�rikimaru", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1764 in Ky�to | |
| Sakata T�j�r� IV | |
| | The actor Sakata T�j�r� IV held this name from December 2005 to November 2020. | |
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| Sakata T�j�r� IV playing the role of the Wisteria Maiden in the dance "Fuji Musume" (illustration courtesy of RANCHUROW (2008) all rights reserved) | |
| [1] The 27th day of the 9th lunar month of the 9th year of the Ky�h� era was the 12th of November 1724 in the western calendar. [2] Sakata Ichitar� was said to be either the adopted son of Sakata T�j�r� II or a disciple of Sakata Hangor� I. Or maybe both ... | |